re: 2026 Lawn Projects Thread

I've bought from Vicky Newton a few times. They deliver in 8 yard trucks. Phone is 2252702497. Always prompt and great deliveries!

I planted two Pygmy palms on the east side of my house in front of the two windows on that side. My house is a big rectangle and that side of the house was very visible. I had two fold reason for planted them there. One was to give some privacy for those two windows since our homes here are so close together and the other was to break up the consistency of all the plants on that side being the exact same size and shape. I also planted a couple variegated shell gingers around them.











I also have four pygmy palms that are on the side of my pool cage. Two on each side. They have gotten pretty big now and I continue to prune the bottom limbs so I have a big space under them. I planted 4, 5 gallon variegated shell gingers around them. The gingers should get about 4 feet tall which will be perfect for filling in that gap, giving us some privacy and adding some good color.









Once my business slows a little this week, I have two , 8 foot Christmas palms in big containers that are getting transplanted to the back yard. I also have a very nice Sago Palm in a container that is getting transplanted on the side. Then I have two small bottle palms that are in containers that are getting put in the back of my pool cage in the ground. I pulled up 10 hibiscus bushes that just never did anything for two years last week and I will either be putting a different variety of hibiscus or something else where they come from.


In the front of my house, I have a pretty decent size bed that had a big holly tree, yuck, in there that I cut down. I am going to be planted a 25 gallon single foxtail in that spot


Then, 50 bags of new mulch

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What about using mason’s sand?

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That’s what you want.

Anything but river sand.

Put out 24 bags of compost and 18 bags of mulch today. Spreading is the easy part, I got my blisters prepping all the spots. Mowed low. Still lots of work to do for weeds. Relocated rocks from a tree border that doesn't really work anymore to stop erosion under the firewood storage under the deck. I'm going to be sore tomorrow.

Still trying to convert my front yard from centipede to bermuda.
About 70% there

Spent all of last year spoon feeding urea every 2 weeks.
Sprayed quinclorac 4 times and the shite still won't die.

Later this week will scarify the centipede in hopes of ripping more stolons up.

I had a satsuma tree succomb to the freeze last winter and the rootstock sprouted suckers from the stump. So I let them grow last year and now I am trying to graft lemons, Limes, navels, and more satsumas on this tree. I read where they call this a fruit salad tree. We will see here in a couple months how it goes

Dude that looks sharp and it so much better (despite the work) to do it yourself. And handpick all the plants and make sure they are healthy before they get planted. It makes a huge difference and you are making soil improvements as you go and that’s huge for success

Plus hands in the soil is therapeutic mentally and physically. Looks fantastic

The bayou runs behind and alongside my home. The point where it makes a turn is an ideal spot for a bog garden. I added some irises this year but I want to add some additional bog plants and install a sitting area with a firepit.

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Dude that looks sharp and it so much better (despite the work) to do it yourself. And handpick all the plants and make sure they are healthy before they get planted. It makes a huge difference and you are making soil improvements as you go and that’s huge for success Plus hands in the soil is therapeutic mentally and physically. Looks fantastic

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Thank you. I am learning gardening. I e never really done much before. But when I moved down here, I just fell in love with all the landscaping. Having fun with it but man I’m tired. Keeping up with all this plus the pool and 2 businesses is tiring for an old man. LOL.


Thanks again. I have really learning a lot from this page. The dude in the fruit tree thread has taught me tons.

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Yea, every house is like that. It’s a concrete block house and they do some kind of coating on the outside. I am new to these block houses. Plus I have bait stations all through the mulch beds that gets changed every year.

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I figured you had some difference in construction than what I am familiar. All good and looks great!

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Everything I have read about Sagos say not to put them in direct sun. The direct sun will burn them up. I just don’t have anywhere right now to put him.

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That one is just getting going. When I built my house I put one on each side of the sidewalk to the front door. About 10-15 yrs later I had to pull them out because they had bridged across the sidewalk and you could not get to the door with out getting scratched up.